The £7700 Corvette C6
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marksx said:
What a thread. I've wanted a corvette for about 15 years, bit always assumed they were out of my price range. Perhaps I have just been looking in the wrong places!
Threads like this one often show they are quite a few out there at decent prices providing you don't mind mileage: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c6-corvettes-...Excellent thread, I really enjoyed reading it. That road trip looked excellent, I'd love to do something like that one day. I'm starting to get a soft spot for this generation Corvette.
I think I saw you at the Supercar Event too before the brakes went too (I was there for the weekend with the Sporting Bears)
I think I saw you at the Supercar Event too before the brakes went too (I was there for the weekend with the Sporting Bears)
great thread - takes me back to driving around california / arizona / nevada when i proposed to the missus. We did LA-Palm Springs-phoenix-grand canyon-las vegas-death valley-yosemite national park-san francisco-monteray?-LA.
We didn't have anything quite as grand as a corvette (a kia forte!) - but still a epic trip that is still talked about 7 years later!
UK mustang is on my list - not sure about driving left hand drive over here - I am ok driving in europe in a right hand drive - but not sure the other way around!
We didn't have anything quite as grand as a corvette (a kia forte!) - but still a epic trip that is still talked about 7 years later!
UK mustang is on my list - not sure about driving left hand drive over here - I am ok driving in europe in a right hand drive - but not sure the other way around!
Bonkers and Brilliant!
Only recently discovered this part of the forum and it is nearly the best part.
Sat in a C6 a year ago, but decided I didn't fit.
Have 2 semi-related vehicles instead, Engines are nearly the same.
Friend has a C4 and we are always tinkering with it. Good fun as it is like meccano.
Been for a ride in it and it feels fast, maybe because you are nearly sat on the road.
Spare parts come in all the time from the USA.
Only recently discovered this part of the forum and it is nearly the best part.
Sat in a C6 a year ago, but decided I didn't fit.
Have 2 semi-related vehicles instead, Engines are nearly the same.
Friend has a C4 and we are always tinkering with it. Good fun as it is like meccano.
Been for a ride in it and it feels fast, maybe because you are nearly sat on the road.
Spare parts come in all the time from the USA.
Tim16V said:
Great write up OP!
What are you going to do with it in winter? Given the condition it's in, it seems a shame to subject it to a few coatings of salt.
If a car FFS clearly you’d be a bit silly to use it in icy or snow conditions but there is no reason why it couldn’t be used on any other occasion in WinterWhat are you going to do with it in winter? Given the condition it's in, it seems a shame to subject it to a few coatings of salt.
Welshbeef said:
Tim16V said:
Great write up OP!
What are you going to do with it in winter? Given the condition it's in, it seems a shame to subject it to a few coatings of salt.
If a car FFS clearly you’d be a bit silly to use it in icy or snow conditions but there is no reason why it couldn’t be used on any other occasion in WinterWhat are you going to do with it in winter? Given the condition it's in, it seems a shame to subject it to a few coatings of salt.
It was just a straightforward question to see whether the general approach is going to be preservation orientated or daily use, without much in the way of underseal protection in it's current spec
Honestly, I haven't yet decided. On the one hand I'm not worried about putting on the miles, but, on the other you are right that it would be a shame to see everything turn rusty underneath. I will probably keep using it until the salt comes down and then use it sparingly until the spring when it will return to almost daily use again.
On the one hand I'm not worried about putting on the miles, but, on the other you are right that it would be a shame to see everything turn rusty underneath. I will probably keep using it until the salt comes down and then use it sparingly until the spring when it will return to almost daily use again. 
I thought this thread deserved a re-visit, given how well it was written and how inspiring it may have been to a lot of like-minded people.
I was reminded of it when I stumbled across the following...
The full details and lots of pics are below:
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.c...
Anyone else care to take a swing at it and own a very affordable 400hp, manual transmission track car?
I was reminded of it when I stumbled across the following...
The full details and lots of pics are below:
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.c...
Anyone else care to take a swing at it and own a very affordable 400hp, manual transmission track car?
Thanks Matt
A few weeks back I had a new windscreen fitted, excellent service from A Plan, Thatcham and Auto Windscreens. Paid the £100 excess and they brought the correct screen in from the States. Nice to not have pock-marked glass to look through.
A week last Monday I had a BHP trackday booked at Castle Combe in the RX8 and brought along the Corvette for a few short sessions. The car continues to impress, with the Mintex front pads standing up well and the Improved Racing oil cooler keeping max temps just below 255 F. I used AP racing heat paint on the discs and strips on the calipers.
After three, admittedly short sessions (5 or 6 laps at full pace), this is the result:
Front
It looks like the front discs reached in excess of 560 degrees C, the caliper seals should be ok at less than 210.
Rear
These hadn't reached a temperature that was readable! Impressively cool or barely working?
Friends watching from the sidelines reported plenty of body roll and the loudest shrieking from the tyres of any car on track. More negative front camber needed and perhaps a Z51 front spring and ARBs over the winter. The understeer was quite bad without heavy trail braking. I don't intend for the car to become a trackday toy, so don't want to ruin the ride on the road by choosing a stiff suspension.
Video here of me chasing a friends 993 Turbo S:
Photo thanks to Simon Ferguson
A few weeks back I had a new windscreen fitted, excellent service from A Plan, Thatcham and Auto Windscreens. Paid the £100 excess and they brought the correct screen in from the States. Nice to not have pock-marked glass to look through.
A week last Monday I had a BHP trackday booked at Castle Combe in the RX8 and brought along the Corvette for a few short sessions. The car continues to impress, with the Mintex front pads standing up well and the Improved Racing oil cooler keeping max temps just below 255 F. I used AP racing heat paint on the discs and strips on the calipers.
After three, admittedly short sessions (5 or 6 laps at full pace), this is the result:
Front
It looks like the front discs reached in excess of 560 degrees C, the caliper seals should be ok at less than 210.
Rear
These hadn't reached a temperature that was readable! Impressively cool or barely working?
Friends watching from the sidelines reported plenty of body roll and the loudest shrieking from the tyres of any car on track. More negative front camber needed and perhaps a Z51 front spring and ARBs over the winter. The understeer was quite bad without heavy trail braking. I don't intend for the car to become a trackday toy, so don't want to ruin the ride on the road by choosing a stiff suspension.
Video here of me chasing a friends 993 Turbo S:
Photo thanks to Simon Ferguson
Edited by Fishy Dave on Saturday 13th June 14:07
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